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Originally Posted by chilliwilli
Knew this day would come...it was only a matter of time. I'd love to hear thoughts on why this is a bad idea.
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OK.
- Raises the cost of food
- Inefficient fuel
- Less functional than standard gasoline
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David Pimentel of Cornell and Tad Patzek of UC, Berkeley, calculate that producing a gallon of corn ethanol consumes 29% more fossil fuel energy than the ethanol saves. Adding to this waste, one has to burn 1.5 gallons of ethanol to go as far as a gallon of gasoline would go.
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